GXG METHOD TO IDENTIFY DETAILS AND
GENERAL VIEW OF A HISTORICAL SITE
1.PRELIMINARY NOTES:
=in according with the protocol of this method,is followed to use types of informations to
obtain a better evealuation over an historical site,as:
a. =a PLAN of the site,made by specialists or by own measurements using
GPS points in main places of the site,completed with measurements in the
field(this PLAN should be converted in „jpg” image to be used by the soft;
=or another satellite map from another site with similarities to be identified
using over-write process ;
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b. a SATELLITE MAP of the site,using a PC program for it,where can be
seen the site in according with GPS points fixe don the field or coming from
other resurces as an internet file of the site;
c. a RAPORT MADE made by the team from the field,which describes
the site,details of it,draft maps of it,detailed map,list with GPS points of the
main structures included in the site,pictures,specialists raports,others datas
about;
d. a FILE about the site,completed by different sources as Museums,
specialists, raports,presentations of the site,maps etc.
2.TOOLS :
a. a PROGRAM to obtain a satellite map of the site,also a soft to over-write
a plan of the site over the image of the satellite map.This program is powered by
GOOGLE EARTH v.5 and is able to do both task in the same frame in according with
its settings;
b. a GPS tool which can be included in the soft of a digital camera(NIKON )
or a GARMIN GPS tool;
c. a PICASA v.5 program powerd also by GOOGLE for pictures,a complete
one;
d. a SCANNER to can copy and covert documents, plans or others in
pictures, as a printer/scanner CANON MP 280.
3.STEPS:
a. using GOOGLE EARTH program,to obtain the best satellite view over the
searched site,in according with the file of it,in special with the list of GPS point founded
on the field of it;this image can be saved in a program file ,named as LOCATIONS;
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b. an image with the converted image(jpg) of a plan of the site or another
satellite image coming from another site,having similarities with the searched one;
c. using GOOGLE EARTH program,first satellite map of the searched site(a.)
is fixed on the desktop,than,using program setting is easy to apply the second image(b.)
of the specialists plan or satellite image from another site,and to adjust it(using virtual
setting of the program) to be the best over-wrote over first image(should be setted the
transparency of the second image,to can work easy moving it,in according with at least
10 marker point choose from the first image;than,this final image can be saved and used
in the archive of the program.
4.COMENTS:
=in this way can be seen contexts of the main site with others around or can be fixed on
a better map all details of the site;
=also,if one of the site(the searched one) is still in work and the other one(similar) is
allready finished,can be made prediction over futures discoveries on the searched on,this
can be made only in romans site in which ancient architects were using STANDARD
methods to make a project of it.
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